Tag: Custom Workflow

Unable to profile Custom Workflow using Profiler – Quick Fix

Hi Folks,

I am a big fan of Power Automate…but this post is not about flows but features about Custom Workflow in Dynamics 365 CE.

Did you ever come across this problem where you were not able to debug custom workflow extension. I had come across this and this blog post is all about it…I successfully registered my Custom workflow, but it is not triggering at all.

So, I need to debug it to see what the exact issue was…as I am encounter this error.

Error message says Duplicate workflow activity group name: ‘EcellorsDemo.Cases(1.0.0.0) (Profiled)‘. So, I tried to check my code, plugin steps and any activated plugins but couldn’t find any duplicates.

Usually while debugging your custom workflow using profiler, your workflow will go into draft mode and another copy of the same workflow gets created with name of (Profiled) attached to the name. However, in my case, I didn’t see the same behavior and at the same time, I was unable to use Profiler after the first profiling session and it gave me error shown above.

In order to resolve, this just delete the Plugin Assemblies which could find in the default solution like highlighted below…

Once you have deleted this, try to debug the custom workflow and voila!!!

Hope this helps someone troubleshooting Custom workflow…!

Cheers,

PMDY

Custom workflow to find the logged in user role

Hi Folks,

Have you ever got a requirement to find the user role before running any logic using workflows, then this post is for you. Please continue reading.

If suppose, you got to have to run a workflow to validate some of the business scenarios using a workflow, then verifying the logged in user role is not possible using OOB workflow. In this case, you would need to get this up and running with the help of Custom workflow at first place and once the role is verified, you would need to trigger your OOB workflow logic.

Custom workflow design: The custom workflow accepts an mandatory output parameter which returns a bool value if the logged in user security role matches.

The code can be found at my GIT Hub, please check it out in case you want to implement the same requirement, you can pass in the input parameters or add any additional output parameters according to your business needs.

Then you would need build this assembly by signing it, next part would be to register in your CRM with the help of Plugin registration tool.

Later you can refer the same library in your OOB workflow as below..

And you nailed it…that’s it for today, please stay tuned and be safe..

Happy CRM’ing…

Cheers,

PMDY